The Art of the Essay

The Art of the Essay 10 Oct BOOK ABOUT THE SHOW Andrew O’Hagan, Melissa Lucashenko, Elaine Castillo & Cameron Hurst in conversation with Carody Culver Every few years, somebody on the internet will declare that the essay is dead…which is usually a sign that it’s thriving. Indeed, the essay may have as many lives as it has styles, and its endurance is testament to its creative dynamism and versatility. Join four luminaries of this endlessly malleable literary genre as they discuss the value and valence of the essay and their own storied approaches to the art of short-form non-fiction. PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL ABOUT THE AUTHORS Andrew O’Hagan has three times been nominated for the Booker Prize and is a winner of the E.M. Forster Prize. His novel Mayflies was adapted by the BBC and his latest, Caledonian Road , a state-of-the-nation epic, was a Sunday Times bestseller. He is Editor at Large of the London Review of Books. Melissa Lucashenko is a multi-award-winning novelist from t